Henri Bendel – Fashion Icon & Merchant Prince

Tim Allis, author of “Henri Bendel and The Worlds He Fashioned,” captivated guests at the Lafayette Museum at its January 2025 Lecture Series with his masterful presentation on his biography of Bendel’s journey in creating an international fashion empire. Tim has crafted an acclaimed story from Bendel’s beginnings in Vermilionville (now Lafayette), his early education and the respected mark he made in the fashion world from New York to Paris as a fashion icon in his biography of Henri Bendel.